The Aporia
A 66-year-old farmer from the community of Ninette in southwestern Manitoba died after being struck by farming equipment near Blue Hills on September 17, 2026. The incident occurred in the rural municipality of Glenboro South Cypress, approximately 170 kilometres west of Winnipeg. RCMP and Manitoba Workplace Health and Safety are investigating the fatal accident.
This death marks one of several workplace fatalities in Manitoba this year, which also include a man hit by a felled tree, another who fell while roofing, a person whose equipment fell into a hole on a construction site, and an individual pulled into machinery at a factory. A separate farming-related fatality occurred in June when a 68-year-old farmer became entangled with machinery at a commercial farm operation.